as the one who states it outright.

Whoever says to a man, “yā manbūdh” (you foundling) incurs the ḥadd. Anyone who imputes liwāṭ (sodomy) to someone, or says, “yā lūṭī” (O sodomite), is likewise liable to the ḥadd. The same applies to whoever says, “yā mabūn” (O catamite) or “yā mankūḥ” (O one who is penetrated). If he says, “yā mukhannath” (O effeminate), he is flogged—unless he claims that he meant nothing more than the man’s naturally soft build and feminine manner. In that case he must swear to it, and if his claim proves true the ḥadd is waived.

Whoever says to another, “yā qarnān” or “yā dayyūth” (you cuckold) is subject to the ḥadd, for he is alleging fornication with the man’s wife, daughter, sister, or mother.

No ḥadd is carried out upon a slanderer who is a disbeliever, a male or female slave, or anyone still partly enslaved, whether his parents are Muslims or unbelievers.

If someone slanders a man thinking him to be a slave, and it turns out that he had already been emancipated, the slanderer is lashed with the full ḥadd. Likewise, if the slanderer himself appears to be a slave yet his master had actually freed him before the slander, he is punished with the ḥadd applicable to a free man. Should a master, after emancipating his male or female slave, accuse either of fornication, he too is liable to the ḥadd for qadhf.

Whoever has already been punished with the ḥadd for fornication may thereafter be called a fornicator without the slanderer incurring any ḥadd. Similarly, if a person is slandered and, before the ḥadd is enforced, he confesses to fornication or reliable testimony is established against him, no ḥadd is due on the slanderer.

When someone slanders a group of people with a single statement—or with several statements uttered on the same day or on different days—he is, according to Mālik, liable to only one ḥadd. If the ḥadd is carried out for slandering any one of them, it is not repeated for the others; once he has been flogged his falsehood is exposed, and no further disgrace attaches to the rest of his slander. God knows best. If, however, after being flogged, he goes on to slander new individuals he had not slandered before, a fresh ḥadd becomes obligatory.

If a man slanders the same person on several occasions, only one ḥadd is due; and if, after being flogged, he repeats the slander, no new ḥadd is imposed, though he is sternly reprimanded. When a person is flogged for slander and another individual later slanders the same victim, that second slanderer is punished with the ḥadd.

Whoever commits fornication repeatedly is liable to just one ḥadd—unless he re-offends after the punishment, in which case the ḥadd is enforced anew.